Around 8 am, an unidentified youth in the age group of 35 years, dressed in all black, with his face covered with a black scarf entered the bungalow from the open rear door, when Kalantri was fast asleep in his bedroom.

According Kalantri's complaint, the youth woke him up, put a gun to to his ear and asked him to part with cash. The Hindi-speaking thief threatened him with dire consequences if he dared to inform the police.

Though Kalantri's nine-room bungalow had closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in every room, all CCTV cameras were switched off at the time of incident. The dog squad and fingerprint experts too could not give any clue to the police.

The Rajapeth police has registered an offence under Section 92 of the Indian Penal Code along with Sections 3 and Section 25 of the Arms Act against unidentified accused.

The incident has posed a challenge before independent police squad constituted by C P Rajkumar Whatkar following directives of Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal on July 1.